Instead of an impersonal passive verb with the accusative and infinitive as subject, Greek often uses the personal passive construction, the accusative becoming the nominative, subject to the leading verb.

Thus, Κῦρος ἠγγέλθη νι_κῆσαιCyrus was reported to have conquered instead of

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ἠγγέλθη Κῦρον νι_κῆσαιit was reported that Cyrus had conquered, and δίκαιός εἰμι ἀπελθεῖνI am justified in going away instead of δίκαιόν ἐστιν ἐμὲ ἀπελθεῖνit is right for me to go away. English sometimes has to use the impersonal construction in place of the Greek personal construction (cp. cross2107).

a. The personal construction is more common with λέγεται, ἀγγέλλεται, ὁμολογεῖται and other passive verbs of saying (regular with passive verbs of thinking); with συμβαίνειit happens; with ἀναγκαῖοςnecessary, ἄξιοςworthy, δίκαιοςjust, δυνατόςpossible, ἐπιτήδειοςfit, etc., followed by a form of εἶναι, instead of ἀναγκαῖον, ἄξιον, etc. Thus, ὁ Ἀσσύριος εἰς τὴν χώρα_ν αὐτοῦ ἐμβαλεῖν ἀγγέλλεταιthe Assyrian is reported to be about to make an incursion into his countryX.C. 5.3.30, πολλή τις ἀλογία_ ξυμβαίνει γίγνεσθαιmuch absurdity would resultP.Phil. 55a, δίκαιος εἶ εἰπεῖνit is right for you to speakP.S. 214c, τὴν αἰτία_ν οὗτός ἐστι δίκαιος ἔχεινit is right for him to bear the blameD. 18.4. Both constructions together: σοὶ γὰρ δὴ λέγεται πάνυ γε τεθεραπεῦσθαι ὁ Ἀπόλλων, καί σε πάντα ἐκείνῳ πειθόμενον πρἀ_ττεινfor Apollo is said to have been greatly served by you, and (it is said) that you do everything in obedience to himX.C. 7.2.15. Cp. cross2104.

N.—δῆλός ἐστι and φανερός ἐστι take ὅτι or the participle ( cross2107); δῆλόν ἐστι and φανερόν ἐστι take ὅτι, not the infinitive.